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No. 471,077. Patented Mar. 15, 189 2.

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MARK DEXTER, OF GLENDALE, MONTANA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,077, dated March15, 1892.

Application filed August 26, 1891. Serial No; 403,823. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, MARK DEXTER,a citizen of the United States, residingat Glendale, in the county of Beaver Head and State of Montana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tables; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

The invention relates to improvements in tables, benches, bedsteads,lounges, 850., referring particularlyto the frames thereof, and beingbetter adapted to tables than other articles of furniture; and itsobject is to provide frames of simple and durable construction. Theparts thereof can be quickly and easily assembled and taken apart.

A further object of the invention is to produce an article of furniturethat can be quickly knocked down and packed in small space fortransportation. I

The invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and novelcombination of the parts hereinafter described, illustrated in thedrawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicate similar parts, Figure 1 represents a plan view of .a tableembodying the invention, part of the top being broken away. Fig. 2represents a vertical transverse section thereof on the line a; x ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a view of one of the side rails of thetable-frame, seen from the inner side. Fig.4 represents a plan view ofFig. 3. Fig. 5 represents a broken detail view of the top of one of thetable-legs.

Referring to the drawings by letter,A designates the top of a table,which might be the superstruction of some other piece of furniture, suchas one of those hereinbefore mentioned, and B designates thesupporting-frame thereof. The frame B is composed, mainly, of thesimilar legs 0 and the side rails D D and end rails E E. The legs 0 havethe cylindrical spindles c and the circumferential shoulders otherebelow, below which shoulders each leg is of ordinary construction.The said shoulders are preferably rectangular. The side rails and endrails have their ends beveled at forty-five degrees vertically on theirinner surfaces, as at d and 6, so that they will fit together and form arectangle, as shown in Fig. 1.

d are vertical curved grooves on the respective inner surfaces of therails D and E to receive and fit against the cylindrical upper ends 0 ofthe corresponding legs when the parts are properly assembled.

F F are bearing-plates secured by screws or otherwise to the innersurfaces of the side and end rails adjacent to the bevels cl 6, and ffare bearing rings or loops formed on and preferably integral with theouter ends of said plates. The preferable arrangement is to have thebearing-plateFat one end of each side and end rail provided with asingle central bearing-ring and the plate at the other end of said railprovided with one or more rings respectively above and below the centralring in position. This gives uniformity of strength and bearing to thecorners of the frame. If desired, however, each side or end rail mayhaveonlyone bearing-ringatits ends, the meeting rails having two thereof.The said bearing-rings f stand upon the grooves d and are aligned whenthe rails are together in position, forming connections G, Fig. 2, intowhich the spindles c of the legs fit snugly down to the shoulders a, sothat the frame is thus held stiff and solid in a rectangular positionand is obviously of the simplest and strongest construction.

The table-top may be secured to the rails by screws, dowel-pins, orother ordinary wellknown means.

It is evident from the described construction that the parts can be veryquickly detached for transportation or other purpose, and can be asquickly assembled, when necessary.

The construction does away with any other part to connect the rails andlegs, such as pintle-pins, and is therefore simpler and stronger than aconstruction of said class.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-- 1. The combinationof the removable top, the side and end rails of the frame beveledvertically at their ends to fit together at right angles, thebearing-plates secured to the ingrooves (Z',the bearing-plates F,provided with ner surfaces of said rails andhavingbearingthebearing-rings f f, and the legs provided rings registering With eachother at the meetwith spindles c and the shoulders 0', project- I 5 ingends of said rails, and the legs having ing at a right angle to thespindle c,substan- 5 their upper ends formed into spindles to fit tiallyas described.

into said bearing-rings and bind the rails and In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature in frame together, substantially as specified.presence of two Witnesses.

2. The combination, with theremovable top, of the supporting-framecomposed of the side i m and end rails D and E, respectively, having thevertical end bevels (Z e,made at angles of l forty-five degrees, and thevertical curved MARK DEXTER. \Vitnesses:

LEOPOLD F. SCHMIDT, GEORGE E. TARBELL.

